Making Traditional Walking Sticks

Have you ever found a nice, straight branch and wanted to make your own walking stick? In this film, Peter Snelson from Touchwood Crafts and Coppiceworks introduces us to a selection of the most popular traditional walking sticks, and demonstrates how to make your own. Filmed at the Oak Fair in Dorset.

[verityhowe]

Great video, I love seeing such a range of sticks and learning about their differences!
Re. other comments - not really Pete's fault that the video maker chose that music to accompany the video!

[randomguy-dyuy]

Intersting they took when Johnny comes marching home and made it a nice little jazz song.

[misssarahashplant]

Great video! It's interesting to see the range of walking sticks and learn about their differences.

[markholdforth]

Very good video nice amount of information thank

[katsounes]

Hello from Greece. We made to walking sticks

[pchts]

I was always told for a handle should made with the grain going in the same direction as the staff not 90° of the staff because it would be weak and in time brake.

[ob.shinobi]

Damn, that guy looks like Will Poulter

[marksadventures]

Love the stick thing - really hate the music punctuations fella, very annoying!